Christmas Due Date

Hiya i am due christmas but have a c section booked for the 21st. We are just planning on playing it ear about having guest but not travelling anywhere ourselves.

I’m due on the 27th and we feel the exact same but we are doing a mini Christmas at home with stuff from M&S so there is no mega cooking. We normally travel to see family but for us it isn’t worth the stress!!

I'm also having a planned c-section when I'm 39 weeks which falls on Christmas Eve but I'm hoping it will be before then. I also have a 2.5 year old who is obsessed with Christmas this year.

Feeling guilty is normal, I feel the same, but as long as you celebrate their birthday separately I think it will be fine.

I'm 100% not cooking Christmas dinner! My plan is to have a pre Christmas dinner with my family a couple of weeks before my c-section. I'm going to stock up the freezer with picky bits for my husband to cook on Christmas day and then probably do some takeaways.

My advice would be the same advice that I've given myself. Take each day as it comes, go easy on yourself and Christmas with or without family and a full Christmas dinner will still be magical since you'll have a little baby in the family ❤️

I’m due Christmas Eve and we will not be travelling anywhere but have said once home I will let people know and they can arrange a visit

I’m due the 27th and think we will do a Christmas lasagna or something similar to pull out and bake. I’m expecting this one to come a few days early as my other two have, so want no stress cooking with a brand new baby! My parents will come over - more to help keep Christmas spirits high for my 2 and 5 yr old than to be entertained. I’m feeling more guilty about the Christmas I’m giving my other two…haven’t really thought about what a Christmas bday will be like for this one yet!!!

Our children will both be either side of Christmas so I’m planning to host a joint “half birthday” in the summer months to have another not close to Christmas celebration

Remember, it’s recommended newborns need to get out and stretch every 30 mins travelling in a car seat so 1.5 hours turns into 2.5 very quickly!

I’m due 28th with a planned c section booked in for 24th. I felt the same at first, but accepted it’s going to be extra special and will do Christmas before with the kids in the family but they’ll come to me. I won’t stress about visits after have set boundaries will take each day as it comes 😁

Hi, i'm due 23rd and also live a distance away, 6 hours from both our families. We have a few immediate family members coming to us for the holidays/birth, but we have absolutely no intention of travelling to them for atleast 6 weeks. We've pre prepped as many meals as we can in the freezer and plan to pre prep most of christmas dinner to make the holidays a bit easier, part of me wants to forget christmas this year entirely and part of me wants to bring baby home to a full magical christmas winderland 😂. I totally understand what you mean about Christmas/birthday though, i'm hoping I go a bit early or late, but at the same time, what a beautiful little christmas gift for us mummas 🥰. I have a friend who's son is a christmas baby, they have a half birthday in summer for him, another friend i grew up with celebrates hers on boxing day and it just is what it is, she's just used to it. I'm sure we'll all figure out what works best 🥰 xx